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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
11. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
17. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
18. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
20. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
23. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
25. 35th President of the United States.
28. A South American river.
31. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
37. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. How long something has existed.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. A decree that prohibits something.
45. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
3. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
8. A Russian river.
9. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
19. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
21. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
26. Fallow deer.
27. A thrusting blow with a knife.
29. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
30. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
32. Jordan's port.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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